| BIA | Bioelectric impedance analysis |
| CS | Chondroitin sulfate |
| DBS | Dry blood spot |
| DS | Dermatan sulfate |
| GAGs | Glycosaminoglycans |
| HOPS | Homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting |
| HS | Heparan sulfate |
| IS | Internal standard |
| KS | Keratan sulfate |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) |
| LSD | Lysosomal storage diseases |
| MPS | Mucopolysaccharidoses |
| MPS-PS | Mucopolysaccharidosis-plus syndrome |
| pc | Percentile |
| TBW | Total body water |
| TLC | Thin-layer chromatography |
| WES | Whole-exome sequencing |